Paul Ryan Foreign Policy Address Preview: ‘Decline Is a Choice’

Published June 2, 2011 6:03pm ET



House Budget chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) will lay out his vision for America’s foreign policy in an address to the Alexander Hamilton Society tonight in Washington. Crediting Charles Krauthammer’s 2009 essay in THE WEEKLY STANDARD, “Decline Is a Choice,” Ryan will insist the United States maintain its leading role in the world by addressing the growing debt and entitlement spending crises.

Below are a few selected excerpts from the speech:

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